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CVE-2009-3111

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3111 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in FreeRADIUS versions prior to 1.1.8. The flaw resides in the rad_decode function, allowing remote attackers to crash the radiusd daemon by sending zero-length Tunnel-Password attributes. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB (EDB-9642), though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-9642 · Sep 11, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1118 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: freeradius-0:1.1.3-1.5.el5_4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-3111Moderate

FreeRADIUS: Missing check for Tunnel-Password attributes with zero length (DoS) -- re-appearance of CVE-2003-0967

Sep 7, 2009

References

github.com / alandekok/freeradius-server/commit/860cad9e02ba344edb0038419e415fe05a9a01f4
Patch
intevydis.com / vd-list.shtml
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00004.html
secunia.com / advisories/36509
lists.freeradius.org / pipermail/freeradius-users/2009-September/msg00242.html
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9919
support.apple.com / kb/HT3937
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/09/09/1
Patch
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1451.html
securityfocus.com / bid/36263
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/3184